Puate 2008. 
LIPARIS DEFLEXA, Hook. f. 
OrcHIDEx. Subtribe Lipariez. 
L. (Mollifoliz) deflexa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. y. 697; caule brevi 
2-foliato, foliis oppositis subsessilibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
scapo gracili elato, bracteis lanceolatis deflexis, sepalis lateralibus sub- 
falcatis oblongo-lanceolatis 3-5-nerviis, dorsali lineari-oblongo, labello 
flabelliformi orbiculari v. subobcordato crenulato, basi nudo v. obscure 
calloso, columna brevi compressa subclavata apice truncata exalata. 
Has. Sikkim Himalaya; Griffith’s Collectors. 
Caulis brevis, basi subpseudobulbosus, bracteis vacuis paucis. Folia 
4-8 poll. longa, tenuiter membranacea, 5—7-nervia. Scapus una cu 
racemo laxifloro 6-8 poll. longus ; bractese anguste, pedicellis gracilibus 
breviores. ores 4 poll. lati, suberecti; sepala omnia 5-nervia ; 
labellum basi constrictum, disco 3-5-nervi, nervis lateralibus marginem 
versus ramosis. Capsula }-pollicaris, fusiformis. 
Nearly allied to the common Indian and Malayan Li. paradoza, 
Reichb., which has a stout angular scape, broader never deflexed 
bracts; and more fleshy flowers with a 2-tubercled lip and a very 
different column and capsule. The specimens are very few.—J. D H. 
Fig. 1, Flower. 2 and 3. Lip of different forms. 4. Petal. All enlarged. 
